Montezuma's Return!
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Developers | |
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Utopia Technologies | |
Publishers | |
WizardWorks | |
Take 2 Interactive | |
Software 2000 | |
Engines | |
UVision[1] | |
Release dates | |
DOS | October 27, 1998 |
Windows | October 27, 1998 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person |
Genres | Platform |
Series | Montezuma's Revenge |
Montezuma's Revenge | |
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Montezuma's Revenge | 1984 |
Montezuma's Return! | 1997 |
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Includes Montezuma's Revenge for DOS. |
- A demo is available.
Version differences
- Some releases do not include the DOS version.
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Use replacement utopia1.smk[2] |
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Notes
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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DOS | |
Windows | <path-to-game>\Monte.cfg[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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DOS | |
Windows | <path-to-game>\player.lst[Note 1] <path-to-game>\<user-id>.plr[Note 1] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | High resolution modes can be forced with nGlide. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | For DOSBox toggle with Alt+↵ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Called Page flipping. | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | Since version 1.20. | |
Mouse input in menus | Since version 1.26. | |
Mouse Y-axis inversion | Since version 1.20. | |
Controller | ||
Controller support | Since version 1.20. | |
Full controller support | In-game mouse/joystick settings cannot be navigated. | |
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | Requires entering to the in-game joystick settings. Unplugging the controller during the game may cause errors. |
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Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | sound, music | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | No speech. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
Italian | ||||
Spanish |
Issues fixed
Game freezes
Replace Mss32.dll and Smackw32.dll [3]
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Incorrect colors
See Rainbow color problems in older games |
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3dfx version does not work
Download and install nGlide[4] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 5 | |
Glide | 2.4 | |
DOS video modes | CGA, VGA, SVGA |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Miles Sound System | 3.6B, 3.6E since version 1.20 |
Cutscenes | Smacker Video Technology | 3.1f |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 133 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | 24 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 8 MB | 225 MB |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 5 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Utopia Technologies - UVision - last accessed on 2000-06-17
- ↑ Verified by User:Garrett on 2018-08-18
- ↑ Forum | Zeus Software - Montezuma's Return
- ↑ Zeus Software - nGlide - Compatibility list